PlainSpending

Wheeler County

$4,154 per resident in FY2025 ($31.0M total) - low intensity.

Georgia · FIPS 13309

In FY2025, Wheeler County carried a thin absolute book of $31.0M - $4,154 per capita for 7,471 residents. Intensity sits 73.4% below the national average (-57.9% vs Georgia). Leading tracked agency: Social Security Administration. Per-capita rank in-state: #159/159.

Total spending
$31.0M
Per capita
$4,154
vs. national avg
-73.4%
Fiscal year
FY2025

Low per-resident intensity

Wheeler County residents see a thin $4,154 each (#3180 of 3,224 per capita).

Low per-resident intensity

Wheeler County posts below-median federal per-capita spending nationally, with spending concentrated almost entirely in Social Security Administration.

National per-capita rank
Top 99%
of 3,232 US counties
Per-capita spending
$4,154
Leading agency
Social Security Administration
85.4% of tracked spending
Georgia rank
#159 of 159

How Wheeler County Compares

Per-capita federal spending: Wheeler County vs. Georgia and the nation

Wheeler County$4,154Georgia avg$9,878National avg$15,647
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Population: 7,471 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.

Leading Federal Agencies in Wheeler County

Top awarding agencies in Wheeler County, FY2025

Social Security Administrati…$25.8MDepartment of Veterans Affai…$3.5MDepartment of Agriculture$932.9K
Source: USASpending.gov FY2025, aggregated by awarding agency.

Among the 3,224 US counties with agency-level spending data, Social Security Administration is the most common leading agency nationally, topping 89.7% of agency-tracked counties.

These 3 agencies together account for $30.2M (97.3%) of Wheeler County's $31.0M in total tracked federal spending.

All 3 individually-tracked agencies are shown above - Wheeler County has no smaller residual awarding agencies broken out beyond this set, a compact agency footprint rather than a long tail of minor awardees.

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Agency Spending Share
Social Security Administration $25.8M 85.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs $3.5M 11.5%
Department of Agriculture $932.9K 3.1%

How Wheeler County Ranks Nationally

Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties

All 3,232 US counties, FY2025

$4,154 Among the lowest higher than 1% of 3,224 US counties

all US counties, per-capita spending, bucketed by value

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Source USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates

Wheeler County Among Georgia's Largest Counties

Population vs. per-capita spending: Georgia's biggest counties

The 16 largest-population counties in Georgia by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Wheeler County is highlighted. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 16 entities by Population (X) and Spending per capita ($) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Large and spending-intensiveSmall population, outsized spendingLarge population, modest per-residentSmaller footprint both ways 0500,0001,000,0001,500,000 $0$5,000$10,000$15,000$20,000 Population Spending per capita ($)
The 16 largest-population counties in Georgia by FY2025 federal spending, plotted by population against spending per resident. Bubble size tracks total spending; Wheeler County is highlighted.
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County Population Per capita Total spending
Fulton County 1,066,710 $11,476 $12.2B
Gwinnett County 957,062 $4,210 $4.0B
Cobb County 766,149 $8,900 $6.8B
Dekalb County 764,382 $9,221 $7.0B
Clayton County 297,595 $4,574 $1.4B
Chatham County 295,291 $8,834 $2.6B
Cherokee County 266,620 $6,330 $1.7B
Forsyth County 251,283 $4,218 $1.1B
Henry County 240,712 $6,286 $1.5B
Muscogee County 206,922 $7,626 $1.6B
Richmond County 206,607 $10,983 $2.3B
Hall County 203,136 $6,265 $1.3B
Paulding County 168,661 $5,046 $851.0M
Houston County 163,633 $15,705 $2.6B
Bibb County 157,346 $7,707 $1.2B
Wheeler County (this county) 7,471 $4,154 $31.0M

Nearby Counties With Similar Federal Spending

Counties with per-capita federal spending closest to Wheeler County's $4,154 - prioritizing Georgia peers first.

Gwinnett County

Georgia

$4,210 per capita

$4.0B total

Forsyth County

Georgia

$4,218 per capita

$1.1B total

Clayton County

Georgia

$4,574 per capita

$1.4B total

Whitfield County

Georgia

$5,028 per capita

$517.2M total

Paulding County

Georgia

$5,046 per capita

$851.0M total

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Nationwide counties with similar per-capita or total federal spending

Two peer sets outside Georgia - per-resident intensity and total obligation volume, distinct from the same-state neighbors above.

Similar per-capita spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by federal spending per resident ($4,154 here).

Similar total federal spending

Nearest out-of-state counties by total obligations ($31.0M here).

Counties with fewer than 10,000 residents are excluded from the nationwide comparison corpus.

Data Source: USASpending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), Fiscal Year 2025. Population denominators are U.S. Census Bureau vintage estimates. County-level spending includes all federal awards with place of performance in this county; OMB budget categorizations are reflected at the agency level.

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